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wet-uns

wet-uns is the plural of wet-un.

Meaning of wet-un

Noun

wet-un (plural wet-uns)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A diseased cow, unfit for human food, but nevertheless sold to make into sausages etc.
    • The sick animals are divided into three classes — "choppers, rough-uns, and wet-uns."1849, The Farmer's Magazine, volume 19, page 142

Questions about wet-uns

What is wet-uns the plural of?
Wet-uns is the plural of wet-un.

Words near wet-uns in the dictionary

  1. wet-sand
  2. wet-sanded
  3. wet-sanding
  4. wet-sands
  5. wet-un
  6. wet-uns
  7. wet-weather
  8. wet-weather tire
  9. wet-weather tires
  10. wet-weather tyre
  11. wet-weather tyres

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